ON THIS DAY THIS HAPPENED · THE ARTICLE COLLECTION
Royal scandals, forgotten lives and moments that changed everything. Take a little longer with the stories behind them.
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Henry VIII had built a court to end his marriage. Catherine refused to recognise it and appealed over his head to Rome. The Pope took the matter out of Henry's hands.
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He cried aloud for the Lord to open Henry VIII's eyes. Then they burned him.
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She was at most sixteen years old. 557 questions would decide if she lived or died.
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She had buried child after child. When one finally lived, they said he had been smuggled into her bed in a warming pan.
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She was two years old. He was seven months old. Their marriage was meant to help keep Europe at peace.
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They called them “women of bad life.” Most were simply women without enough money to live.
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She was eight years old when they sent her across the Channel with no dowry. For the next twenty six years she would have no husband and no freedom either.
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Eleanor de Clare held the Tower of London for a month. Then they locked her inside it.
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She was thirteen when they gave her to her fiancé's father.
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She was not yet two years old when they promised her to her three-year-old cousin. The pope gave his blessing.
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Cecily was the youngest of her father's twenty-two children and would give birth to twelve of her own. Thirty-three years after giving birth to her youngest son, she had outlived her husband, all her sons, and the dynasty they had built.
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Henry had invaded France the year before. Now he was sending his 18-year-old sister to marry its 52-year-old king. She arrived soaking wet.